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"nothing we ever learn about the Others later really pays off this idea of them as super-stealthy, and capable of snatching a grown woman away in an instant and without making a sound"

It's functionally the same as that stained glass window with the six different religious symbols in the finale. Part of Lindelof's crusade against thematic dogma. Walt could be a telekinetic like Carrie White, he could be gifted by the god(s), he could be strong with the Force.

"Okay, what the hell is the deal with Walt?"

Yeah, it is.

Well, that depends on your view of how spiritual institutions work in organized society. In "What Kate Did", Eko lays out the story of the Book of Laws and the building of the Temple, foreshadowing Charlie's character arc for season 2.

Charlie has a good excuse for why he was so easily forgiven: he found Jesus again and was helping Eko build the church.

Well, morgues do sometimes hold the body while they search for the next of kin. The sticking point is that Kate does call it an obituary, which go out as soon as the person dies, but it could be rationalized away as her confusing a funeral notice with an obit in the heat of their argument.

Actually, in "No Place Like Home", Jack tells Ben that Locke came to see him a month ago, so that's about five weekends he's been flying.

Am I, you ask?

Gotcha.

She actually returned twice. Once for "No Place Like Home" and again for "Lighthouse".

In the finale, the Man in Black even compares the descent into the Source to the descent into the Swan station, suggesting the cork is merely an earlier iteration of the DHARMA Initiative. There was a heavy theme of Nietzschean eternal recurrence in the last few episodes; the idea that the events of the show are just…

He doesn't miss Nadia, he's obsessed with her because she represents his chance at redemption for all the terrible things he's done.

I don't think Sayid has PTSD, though.

I think we can safely say there are a lot of different lists, and who knows what from which list is just another example of one of the show's recurring themes, information control.

Wait a second, I want to tack on a rider to that motion. $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.

On the other hand, I always thought Jack's relationship with Jacob is far more powerful than if the Island was guiding things, because Lighthouse all but laid out that Jacob was the father figure Jack never had.

I like it, but I'd like to point something out:

But all the way in the beginning of season 1, Locke starts talking about how they're all on the Island for a reason. That's the question.